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Auction archive: Lot number 286

COOK. SET OF FIRST EDITIONS OF THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF HIS THREE PACIFIC VOYAGES. 1773-1784

Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$33,239 - US$49,859
Price realised:
£92,500
ca. US$153,734
Auction archive: Lot number 286

COOK. SET OF FIRST EDITIONS OF THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF HIS THREE PACIFIC VOYAGES. 1773-1784

Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$33,239 - US$49,859
Price realised:
£92,500
ca. US$153,734
Beschreibung:

COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES A SET OF FIRST EDITIONS OF THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF HIS THREE PACIFIC VOYAGES, 1773-1784, 9 VOLUMES, COMPRISING: Hawkesworth, John. An Account of the Voyages undertaken... for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773, FIRST EDITION, 3 volumes, 4to, (vol.1) [xii], xxvi, 676pp.; (vol.2) xvi [errata for volumes 2 and 3], 410pp.; (vol.3) [vi], 411-800pp. 52 maps and plates (including the extra folding chart of the straits of Magellan) Cook, Captain James. A Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World. London: Strahan and Cadell, 1777, FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 4to, (vol.1) xl, 378pp.; (vol.2) [viii], 396pp., 64 maps and plates Cook, Captain James and Captain James King A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean... for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: Nicol and Cadell, 1784, FIRST EDITION, 3 volumes text, 4to, and atlas, folio; together 4 volumes, (vol.1) [viii], xcvi, 422pp.; (vol.2) [xii], 550pp.; (vol.3) xii, 558pp. [ii pp. adverts]; (vol.4, atlas) 2 folding maps and 61 plates; BINDINGS: text in contemporary russia by Kalthoeber (with his ticket), gilt spines, green labels, marbled endpapers, yellow edges, atlas in contemporary half calf over marbled boards

Auction archive: Lot number 286
Beschreibung:

COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES A SET OF FIRST EDITIONS OF THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF HIS THREE PACIFIC VOYAGES, 1773-1784, 9 VOLUMES, COMPRISING: Hawkesworth, John. An Account of the Voyages undertaken... for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773, FIRST EDITION, 3 volumes, 4to, (vol.1) [xii], xxvi, 676pp.; (vol.2) xvi [errata for volumes 2 and 3], 410pp.; (vol.3) [vi], 411-800pp. 52 maps and plates (including the extra folding chart of the straits of Magellan) Cook, Captain James. A Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World. London: Strahan and Cadell, 1777, FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 4to, (vol.1) xl, 378pp.; (vol.2) [viii], 396pp., 64 maps and plates Cook, Captain James and Captain James King A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean... for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: Nicol and Cadell, 1784, FIRST EDITION, 3 volumes text, 4to, and atlas, folio; together 4 volumes, (vol.1) [viii], xcvi, 422pp.; (vol.2) [xii], 550pp.; (vol.3) xii, 558pp. [ii pp. adverts]; (vol.4, atlas) 2 folding maps and 61 plates; BINDINGS: text in contemporary russia by Kalthoeber (with his ticket), gilt spines, green labels, marbled endpapers, yellow edges, atlas in contemporary half calf over marbled boards

Auction archive: Lot number 286
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